Al Hanson: Interview
- Date
2005-08-31
- Main contributor
Hanson, Al
- Summary
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Al Hanson, Army Air Corps, WW II (Interviewed Aug. 31, 2005) It was on Al and Ruby Hanson's backyard porch that Tom Turbiville first started his passion for telling the story of Brazos Valley Veterans. Al Hanson was a radio operator of the 55th troop carrier squadron US Army Air Corps. He lost count of how many air missions he flew in World War II -- his craft delivering supplies to the troops on practically every island of the Pacific Campaign.
- Contributors
KAMU-TV (Television station : College Station, Tex.); Turbiville, Tom
- Genres
MovingImage; interview; Oral histories
- Subjects
Hanson, Al; Veterans--United States--Interviews; United States. Army. Air Corps; World War, 1939-1945
- Collection
Veterans of the Valley
- Unit
Collections
- Language
English
- Terms of Use
In copyright-educational use permitted; For more information, see http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
- Notes
Items in this collection were donated to Cushing Memorial Library and Archives in 2017 by Tom Turbiville
Creation/Production Credits
From "Veterans of the Valley," a television series created by host Tom Turbiville and produced at KAMU-TV’s studio on the Texas A&M University, College Station campus
Local Note
reformatted digital
- Other Identifier
Catalog Key: 03-VOTV-Hanson_Al-video01
Access Restrictions
This item is accessible by: the public.